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Advanced nuclear fission developer Oklo (OKLO) reached a major regulatory milestone after receiving official startup authorization from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its Groves Isotope Test Reactor in Lockhart…
Free cash flow strategies are ideal for investors searching for quality fundamental factors, especially in current times where certain large-cap valuations are suspect. VictoryShares and Solutions offer a suite of free …
LIMA, July 31 (Reuters) - Peru will deepen its relations with the United States, which it sees as a “strategic partner,” newly-appointed Foreign Minister Carlos Espá said on Friday.
In a tricky fixed income environment marked by high interest rates and ongoing monetary policy uncertainty, collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) are emerging as a strategic alternative. However, investors shouldn’t bl…
Taiwan's GDP growth continued its blistering growth at 12.9% year-on-year, once again beating the entire slate of market forecasts
Canadian GDP growth slowed sharply in Q2, coming in weaker than expected at -1.6% on an annualized quarter-over-quarter basis, following a strong 2% gain in Q1.
The euro area economy remained resilient in 2025, despite uncertainty and trade policy shocks. Growth expectations were consistently revised up over the course of last year and the economy broadly maintained this positi…
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On July 27, REX Shares filed for the REX Peptides ETF tracking the VettaFi Peptides Index. The fund targets companies strategically positioned to advance the development, manufacturing, and commercial adoption of peptid…
HONG KONG — China’s economy last quarter grew at the slowest rate in three years, reflecting a broader slump that the country’s leaders signaled earlier this year when they set the lowest growth target in more than thre…
Germany’s manufacturing sector unexpectedly slipped back into contraction territory in March, according to the latest flash Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data released on Monday. The HCOB Germany Manufacturing PMI fe…
Driven by strong growth in the Azure cloud and Copilot businesses, Microsoft (MSFT) delivered another standout quarterly earnings report, topping Wall Street expectations and reinforcing the company’s role as a leader i…
Global Crude Steel Production Rises 1.7% in June 2026, Led by Africa and Viet Nam
As anticipated in our last global economic outlook, elections around the world have driven notable policy changes that altered the trajectories of inflation, borrowing costs, currency values, and trade and capital flows…
Recent headlines about slowing AI spending and volatile tech stocks miss a bigger story. The U.S. power grid isn’t ready for what’s coming. That was the message from speakers on a July 27 webinar sponsored by SS&C ALPS …
On Thursday, July 30, 2026, Aristotle Funds — a longtime mutual fund provider — made its debut into the ETF market with the release of three new funds. All three funds provide Artistotle’s actively managed takes on fixe…
Technology stocks, and nearly every other segment with ties to the artificial intelligence (AI) trade, are in the midst of a two-month swoon as market participants look for greener, non-tech pastures. Not surprisingly, …
Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) recently expanded its ETF lineup via the acquisition of Innovator ETFs. In addition to Innovator’s notable suite of buffer ETFs, the deal also brings exciting active strategies like…
When President Bola Tinubu declared that “fuel subsidy is gone” in May 2023, it marked one of the most consequential economic decisions in Nigeria’s recent history. The administration argued that ending the costly subsi…
Thornburg Investment Management’s newest income ETF, THOR, was built around a pattern that has quietly powered much of the market’s gains. That pattern is rising valuations, not stronger earnings.
CHICAGO, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amplify ETFs, a leading provider of breakthrough ETF solutions, today announced the launch of the Amplify Fairlead Tactical Bitcoin ETF (BNAV). The groundbreaking fund is sub-ad…
For decades, Moore’s Law was the definitive, tried and true method for describing the rate of change in computing, from a technical perspective and on a cost and performance curve. The impact of that one curve changed a…
Fundamentally, a dollar rally is applying downward pressure on gold, but it’s also building strength behind the curtain. A stronger dollar increases debt-servicing costs for foreign borrowers, tightens global market liq…
South Korea and Taiwan are grabbing the majority of financial news headlines when it comes to international exposure, but a peek inside Latin America reveals potential opportunities. Brazil, in particular, could be offe…